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Title: CARNWATH 1975 NEWSREEL

Reference number: 7756

Date: 1975

Director: filmed by Mr Coleman Dec'd or Lanark Cine Club

Sound: silent

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: Non-Fiction

Running time: 20.13 mins

Description: A compilation of community and sporting events in Carnwath, including the annual Gala Day, a Sunday School outing, a visit from Jimmy Saville and a young mothers' football match.

[Please note the viewing copy may display some visible defects such as flicker.]

Shotlist: [shotlisted from mini DV - manual control track]

[no title] - shots of preparations for Carnwath Gala Day: children in school playground in fancy dress, including Alice in Wonderland characters, 'Rose Red', Robin Hood and his Merry Men, 'Treasure Island' pirates, spacemen, Andy Pandy (1.00) shots of float in street and children's procession being organised - more c/u shots of children in fancy dress (1.32) shots of page approaching house door and escorting lady-in-waiting outside, through floral arch and into waiting car - c/u shot of sign 'Queen Linda 1975' on house, page escorts Gala Queen outside and into car - shots of exterior of decorated house and Mr and Mrs Coleman? coming out - gvs of children in fancy dress - shots of crowds on pavement waiting for procession - shots of lady-in-waiting arriving on crutches (4.05) shots of procession coming down main street led by pipe band, shots of onlookers - shots of officials arriving at town hall by car, page escorts Gala Queen and her retinue - shots of ceremony on podium: Queen on throne, page reading proclamation, crowning ceremony, Queen bows to crowd and is escorted to car by page - other officials get into cars - shots of procession of cars driving past, followed by children in fancy dress - shots of procession and crowds on main street, c/u shots of onlookers (9.46) shots of Gala Queen laying bouquet at war memorial - [blank] (10.25) SUNDAY SCHOOL OUTING 1975 - shots of cars driving away along street, women watching on pavement - shots of cars arriving at beach, driving through ford - shots of preparations for picnic, adults and children gathering stones from a river - shots of boys playing in river, children playing at weir with Spacehopper, swimming - c/u shots of frog in undergrowth - more shots of children playing in river and adults watching, children playing in inflatable boat and coming out of water - more c/u shots of frogs (15.31) shots of parents cooking sausages over fire-pit and getting ready for picnic - shots of treasure hunt?, children and adults walking over log bridge and up hill, older woman gets piggy-back across (17.41) shots of cars returning to Carnwath, supplies unpacked (18.03) shots of TV presenter Jimmy Saville greeting people on street in Carnwath - shots of young mothers' football teams on pitch, lined up for photographs - shots of woman dressed as Queen arriving by car and meeting the teams, then kicking off the game - gvs of football match (20.13)